As the title of the post implies, there isn't much new going on with me recently. I was supposed to have my first race of the year on Sunday, but the weather kind of hosed my chances of participating. We got 7 or 8 inches of snow early Sunday morning and my street was entirely covered until about 9 when the plow finally came through. I know from experience that my car can handle probably 4 or maybe 5 inches of snow, but above that and I'm just being an idiot trying to get out. Since my race started at 10 and takes 30 minutes to get to on normal road conditions I knew it was hopeless to try to rush there on the snowy roads. I was pretty disappointed to miss it since I heard it was a blast, but there will always be more races. I thought for sure the promoter would postpone it, but he stuck with it. I got the chance to talk to him today and gained a good understanding of the stresses associated with promoting a race and having to make that call. I wouldn't want to be in his position! I did take the chance to get out on the mountain bike around my house on walking trails covered in all the snow. It was quite fun and good practice for both handling and power. Pushing through 8 inch snow just sucks the power right out of you, so it would be great to practice on right before cyclocross starts.
It looks like my next events will be my 1/2 marathon series starting in just under three weeks. With my priorities focused on cycling I haven't been able to get quite as much running in as I would have preferred, but I should be OK. I won't achieve a groundbreaking time or anything, and I'll probably shoot for a sub 1:45 time on the first one. I wanted to go faster than that, but my new first mountain bike race is the next day so I don't want to kill myself too badly. I'll probably try for faster times in the second and third runs since that will be my only commitment on their respective weekends. My next update will likely be associated with that first weekend.
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